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Jan 01, 1951 Murud, Maharashtra, India 73 years old
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About Nana Patekar
- Nana Patekar (born 1 January 1951) is an Indian film actor and writer, philanthropist and filmmaker, mainly working in Hindi and Marathi cinema.
- He is best known for his role in the film Agni Sakshi written by Ranbir Pushp for which he won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.
- He also won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Parinda (1989).
- He then won the Filmfare Best Villain Award for his role in Angaar (1992).
- In 1995, he won the National Film Award for Best Actor as well as the Filmfare and the Screen awards for Best Actor for his role in Krantiveer (1994).
- He also won his second Filmfare Best Villain Award for his role in Apaharan (2005).
- In 2017 he won the Filmfare Marathi award for best actor for his performance in Natsamrat.He is the only actor ever to win Filmfare Award for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Villain categories.
- He was bestowed with the fourth highest civilian honour of India, the Padma Shri award for his dedication in the field of Films and Arts. After making his acting debut in Bollywood with the 1978 drama Gaman, Patekar acted in a few Marathi films and some Bollywood films.
- After these roles, he achieved his breakthrough by starring as a gangster in Parinda (1989), for which he won the National Film Award and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.
- Later, he acted in and made his directorial debut with Prahaar: The Final Attack (1994).
- Patekar subsequently starred in and received critical acclaim for his performance in several commercially successful films of the 1990s, including Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1992); Angaar (1992), for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Villain; Tirangaa (1993); Krantiveer (1994), for which he won the National Film Award and the Filmfare Award for Best Actor; Agni Sakshi (1996), for which he won his second National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor; and Khamoshi: The Musical (1996).
- During the early 2000s, he received praise for his performances in Shakti: The Power (2002) and Apaharan (2005); the latter earned him a second Best Villain award at Filmfare.
- Patekar's highest-grossing film releases came when he played a gangster in the comedy Welcome (2007) and its sequel Welcome Back (2015), and a politician in the political thriller Raajneeti (2010).
- In 2016, he starred in the Marathi film Natsamrat, which garnered him the Filmfare Marathi Award for Best Actor.
